Red tide is causing fish kills and respiratory irritation at some Florida beaches, but are Sarasota and Manatee area beaches ...

U.S. News took into account reader votes and factors like aesthetics, atmosphere and convenience to rank the best beaches in Florida ... sits off the coast of Sarasota on the Gulf of Mexico.

Know Before You Go: Venice Beach’s North Jetty Park was among the many places along Florida’s Gulf Coast devastated by a storm surge during Hurricanes Helene and Milton in September and ...

While red tides and other algal blooms can occur worldwide, Karenia brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Several beaches in ... According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Karenia brevis, the organism ...

They've been documented in the Gulf of Mexico — soon to be known in the U.S. as the Gulf of America — as far back as the 1700s and along Florida's Gulf Coast since the 1840s, according to the ...